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Middlesbrough — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Middlesbrough was won by Labour at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 8,395 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Middlesbrough from 1868 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1868–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1868 Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1874 Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow (Liberal) 3,719 59.4% John Kane (Liberal-Labour) 2,178 (34.8 pts) 70.6%
1880 Isaac Wilson (Liberal) 4,515 61.7% Samuel Alexander Sadler (Conservative) 2,889 (39.5 pts) 68.7%
1885 Isaac Wilson (Liberal) 6,961 63.3% Raylton Dixon (Conservative) 2,926 (26.6 pts) 79.3%
1886 Isaac Wilson (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Joseph Havelock Wilson (Independent Labour) 4,691 38.8% William Snowdon Robson (Liberal) 629 (5.2 pts) 79.6%
1895 Joseph Havelock Wilson (Liberal-Labour) 6,755 58.8% Samuel Alexander Sadler (Conservative) 2,020 (17.6 pts) 76.2%
1900 Samuel Alexander Sadler (Conservative) 6,760 50.2% Joseph Havelock Wilson (Liberal-Labour) 55 (0.4 pts) 77.8%
1906 Joseph Havelock Wilson (Liberal-Labour) 9,271 52.6% Samuel Alexander Sadler (Conservative) 2,407 (13.7 pts) 86.7%
Jan 1910 Penry Williams (Liberal) 9,670 50.5% Arthur Charles Dorman (Conservative) 2,914 (15.2 pts) 88.0%
Dec 1910 Penry Williams (Liberal) 10,313 61.1% Thomas Gibson Poole (Conservative) 3,745 (22.2 pts) 77.6%
Feb 1974 Arthur Bottomley (Labour) 27,324 66.3% Geoffrey Dickens (Conservative) 13,409 (32.5 pts) 69.4%
Oct 1974 Arthur Bottomley (Labour) 22,791 61.8% Edward Leigh (Conservative) 13,807 (37.5 pts) 61.2%
1979 Arthur Bottomley (Labour) 24,872 56.2% Christopher Mark Fenwick (Conservative) 11,409 (25.8 pts) 66.5%
1983 Stuart Bell (Labour) 21,220 50.7% Lucille Helen Campey (Conservative) 9,669 (23.1 pts) 66.5%
1987 Stuart Bell (Labour) 25,747 59.7% Robert Orr-Ewing (Conservative) 14,958 (34.7 pts) 71.0%
1992 Stuart Bell (Labour) 26,343 64.1% Paul Rayner (Conservative) 15,784 (38.4 pts) 69.9%
1997 Stuart Bell (Labour) 32,925 71.4% Liam Benham (Conservative) 25,018 (54.3 pts) 65.0%
2001 Stuart Bell (Labour) 22,783 67.6% Alex Finn (Conservative) 16,330 (48.4 pts) 49.8%
2005 Sir Stuart Bell (Labour) 18,562 57.8% Joe Michna (Liberal Democrat) 12,567 (39.1 pts) 48.8%
2010 Stuart Bell (Labour) 15,351 45.9% Chris Foote-Wood (Liberal Democrat) 8,689 (26.0 pts) 51.4%
2015 Andy McDonald (Labour) 18,584 56.8% Nigel Baker (UKIP) 12,477 (38.1 pts) 53.1%
2017 Andy McDonald (Labour) 23,404 65.7% Jacob Young (Conservative) 13,873 (38.9 pts) 58.5%
2019 Andy McDonald (Labour) 17,207 50.5% Ruth Betson (Conservative) 8,395 (24.6 pts) 56.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow Liberal Unopposed Yes

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow Liberal 3,71959.4% Yes
John Kane Liberal-Labour 1,54124.6% No
William Randolph Innes Hopkins Conservative 99615.9% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac Wilson Liberal 4,51561.7% Yes
Samuel Alexander Sadler Conservative 1,62622.2% No
Edward Dillon Lewis Liberal-Labour 1,17116.0% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac Wilson Liberal 6,96163.3% Yes
Raylton Dixon Conservative 4,03536.7% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac Wilson Liberal Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Havelock Wilson Independent Labour 4,69138.8% Yes
William Snowdon Robson Liberal 4,06233.6% No
Thomas Hugh Bell Liberal Unionist 3,33327.6% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Havelock Wilson Liberal-Labour 6,75558.8% Yes
Samuel Alexander Sadler Conservative 4,73541.2% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Alexander Sadler Conservative 6,76050.2% Yes
Joseph Havelock Wilson Liberal-Labour 6,70549.8% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Havelock Wilson Liberal-Labour 9,27152.6% Yes
Samuel Alexander Sadler Conservative 6,86439.0% No
George Lansbury Independent Labour 1,4848.4% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Penry Williams Liberal 9,67050.5% Yes
Arthur Charles Dorman Conservative 6,75635.3% No
Patrick Walls Labour 2,71014.2% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Penry Williams Liberal 10,31361.1% Yes
Thomas Gibson Poole Conservative 6,56838.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Bottomley Labour 27,32466.3% Yes
Geoffrey Dickens Conservative 13,91533.7% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Bottomley Labour 22,79161.8% Yes
Edward Leigh Conservative 8,98424.4% No
Chris Wood Liberal 5,08013.8% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Bottomley Labour 24,87256.2% Yes
Christopher Mark Fenwick Conservative 13,46330.4% No
Peter Freitag Liberal 4,0239.1% No
Michael Andrew Simpson Workers Revolutionary 8611.9% No
John Wilcox Independent Labour 1180.3% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stuart Bell Labour 21,22050.7% Yes
Lucille Helen Campey Conservative 11,55127.6% No
Rev AD Sanders Liberal 8,87121.2% No
Michael Andrew Simpson Workers Revolutionary 2070.5% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stuart Bell Labour 25,74759.7% Yes
Robert Orr-Ewing Conservative 10,78925.0% No
Philip Hawley Liberal 6,59415.3% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stuart Bell Labour 26,34364.1% Yes
Paul Rayner Conservative 10,55925.7% No
Rosamund Jordan Liberal Democrat 4,20110.2% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stuart Bell Labour 32,92571.4% Yes
Liam Benham Conservative 7,90717.2% No
Alison Charlesworth Liberal Democrat 3,9348.5% No
Robert Edwards Referendum Party 1,3312.9% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stuart Bell Labour 22,78367.6% Yes
Alex Finn Conservative 6,45319.1% No
Keith Miller Liberal Democrat 3,51210.4% No
Geoffrey Kerr-Morgan Socialist Alliance 5771.7% No
Kai Anderson Socialist Labour 3921.2% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Stuart Bell Labour 18,56257.8% Yes
Joe Michna Liberal Democrat 5,99518.7% No
Caroline Flynn-Macleod Conservative 5,26316.4% No
Ron Armes BNP 8192.5% No
Michael Landers UKIP 7682.4% No
Jackie Elder Independent 5031.6% No
Derrick Arnott Independent 2300.7% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stuart Bell Labour 15,35145.9% Yes
Chris Foote-Wood Liberal Democrat 6,66219.9% No
John Walsh Conservative 6,28318.8% No
Joan McTigue Independent 1,9695.9% No
Michael Ferguson BNP 1,9545.8% No
Robert Parker UKIP 1,2363.7% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andy McDonald Labour 18,58456.8% Yes
Nigel Baker UKIP 6,10718.7% No
Simon Clarke Conservative 5,38816.5% No
Hannah Graham Green 1,4074.3% No
Richard Kilpatrick Liberal Democrat 1,2203.7% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andy McDonald Labour 23,40465.7% Yes
Jacob Young Conservative 9,53126.7% No
David Hodgson UKIP 1,4524.1% No
Terry Lawton Independent 6321.8% No
Dawud Islam Liberal Democrat 3681.0% No
Carl Martinez Green 2500.7% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andy McDonald Labour 17,20750.5% Yes
Ruth Betson Conservative 8,81225.8% No
Antony High Independent 4,54813.3% No
Faye Clements Brexit Party 2,1686.4% No
Thomas Crawford Liberal Democrat 8162.4% No
Hugh Alberti Green 5461.6% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1874: Liberal margin 34.8 pts 1880: Liberal margin 39.5 pts 1885: Liberal margin 26.6 pts 1892: Independent Labour margin 5.2 pts 1895: Liberal-Labour margin 17.6 pts 1900: Conservative margin 0.4 pts 1906: Liberal-Labour margin 13.7 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 15.2 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 22.2 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 32.5 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 37.5 pts 1979: Labour margin 25.8 pts 1983: Labour margin 23.1 pts 1987: Labour margin 34.7 pts 1992: Labour margin 38.4 pts 1997: Labour margin 54.3 pts 2001: Labour margin 48.4 pts 2005: Labour margin 39.1 pts 2010: Labour margin 26.0 pts 2015: Labour margin 38.1 pts 2017: Labour margin 38.9 pts 2019: Labour margin 24.6 pts 1874 1880 1885 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Middlesbrough has been contested at 24 general elections on record since 1868. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Independent Labour, Liberal-Labour, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Middlesbrough in the 2019 general election?

Labour won Middlesbrough in 2019 with 17,207 votes (50.5%), a majority of 8,395 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Middlesbrough since 1868?

Since 1868, Middlesbrough has been won by: Conservative, Independent Labour, Labour, Liberal, Liberal-Labour.

What was the closest result in Middlesbrough?

The closest result on record for Middlesbrough was 1900, when Conservative beat Liberal-Labour by just 55 votes (0.4 percentage points).

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